Thunderstorms?

[Soulsinabottle]

So last night we had a terrible thunderstorm, it was intense even though it was fairly short. About 15-20 min of lightning flying. I refilled the water shortly before the storm and everyone was doing good, starting to settle in for the night.

This morning I went out and one of my biggest hens was laying dead. No peck marks (I checked obessively when I took her out of the pen) just... dead. Can quail be scared to death in a storm? They are getting moved into a shed in the next week or so but I want to prevent any more deaths if I can.

 

[Whiskybear]

It’s possible. You may never know for sure. I had one keel over from apparent heart attack at the excitement of me pouring water in their trough.

 

[Nabiki]

It is possible, especially if it was their first storm like that. Do they have places to hide?

 

[Charlie Wooster]

Very possible, I have had them drop dead before from thunder, near by gunfire and the big dogs barking close by at varmints, they startle very easy and can stress out quickly.

 

[Soulsinabottle]

It is possible, especially if it was their first storm like that. Do they have places to hide?

They do have shelter, they have half the pen blocked from all weather and they are under a second story deck to further protect them. The storm was very intense. Even my dogs were on edge and they are usually chill during storms.